Background

Mr. James G. Coulter, also known as Jim, is a Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and Founding Partner at TPG Capital. Mr. Coulter is a Founder of affiliated private equity funds including: Newbridge Asia, Colony Capital, and TPG Ventures. Mr. Coulter is the Founder of the Coulter IDEApitch at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. He served as Manager of ALST Casino Holdco, LLC., until November 1, 2011. Since 1992, Mr. Coulter also served as a Principal at Air Partners, L.P. and ... a Partner of Colony Advisors, Inc. From 1986 to 1992, he was the Vice President of Keystone Group, L.P. Mr. Coulter also served as a Financial Analyst with Lehman Brothers Kuhn Leob Inc. From 1986 to 1988, he was also associated with SPO Partners. He served as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Beringer Wine Estates Holdings Inc. from January 1996 to August 1997. He has been Director of Veritas Software Technology Corporation since November 2000. He has been a Director of J Crew Group Inc since 1997. Mr. Coulter is a Member of Advisory Board and a Director at eVolution Global Partners, L.L.C. Mr. Coulter serves as a member on numerous corporate and charitable boards, including Creative Artist Agency, IMS Health, and the Vincraft Group. He has been Director of The Neiman Marcus Group LLC. since 2005. He serves as a Director at J. Crew Operating Corp., Virgin Entertainment Group, Ltd., Gate Gourmet Switzerland Gmbh, Seagate Software (Cayman) Holdings Corporation, New SAC, Continental Airlines, Allied Waste Industries, American Savings Bank, and MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. since 2001. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University and Dartmouth College Board of Trustees. He is a co-chair of the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission. He served as Director of Beringer Wine Estates Holdings Inc. since January 1996. Mr. Coulter served as a Director of Conexant Systems Inc from May 1998 to September 2003. Mr. Coulter served as a Director of Zhone Technologies Inc. from November 1999 to December 31, 2008. He served as Director of Seagate Technology Public Limited Company since November 2000. He served as Director of NeighborCare, Inc until 2003. He served as Director of US Airways Group, Inc. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Lenovo Group Ltd. until September 2011. He served as a Director of America West Holdings Corp.; Interlink Group, Inc.; Northwest Airlines, Inc.; Oxford Health Plans Inc.; and Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. Mr. Coulter has served as a Director of GlobespanVirata Inc. from May 1998 to September 2003. He has served on the Boards of Alltel Corporation and Common Sense Media, Inc. He served as a Director of Colony Advisors, Inc. Mr. Coulter has served on the boards of San Francisco Zoological Society, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, San Francisco University High School, and the San Francisco Day School. He is a 1982 Phi Beta Kappa. He received an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar and a B.A. in Business and Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College.

Former Director, Member of Compensation Committee, Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, Member of Strategic & Financial Transactions Committee, Director of Seagate Software (Cayman) Holdings Corporation and Director of New SAC

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